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The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi

The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi by Harry Gordon is available here as the complete text, split into 700 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi by Harry Gordon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38617.

25 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 25 chapters

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The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi

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This edition of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi by Harry Gordon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38617, divided into 25 chapters and 700 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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The complete text of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #38617 and divided into 700 sections.

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How is The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi divided for reading?

The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 700 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 25 chapters.

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Every sentence of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi

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Is this the complete text of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi?

Yes. All 3500 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38617 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #38617, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi take to read?

About 291 minutes of reading across 700 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi

Words and structures a reader meets early in The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Trail
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
River
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Motor
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Colorado
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.